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"I would like to congratulate the North West Mull Community Woodland Company for seeing the sale through to its conclusion, and I was very happy to give the go-ahead to the Scottish Land Fund Committee to award them nearly £4.5 million."

She added: "The community group can now press ahead with their ambitious plans to repopulate the island, and regenerate the local economy - with the benefits that brings to the wider Inner Hebrides area."